As of 2017, more than 80 percent of U.S. marijuana business owners and founders were white. Local governments are doing their part to try and change that.
Local governments looking to legalize marijuana across the nation are starting to think about racial equity—at a time when a multi-billion dollar cannabis industry is excluding the communities most devastated by the War on Drugs.
As of 2017, more than 80 percent of U.S. marijuana business owners and founders were white, while only 10 percent were Hispanic, Latino or black, according to a survey by theFrom Chicago, Illinois, to Saint Paul, Minnesota, officials are trying to support better minority entry into cannabis businesses. In some cases, that means giving black and brown people grants to set up shop. In others, it means undoing criminal records leftover from the drug's prohibition.
Minnesota State Rep. Ryan Winkler, together with the governor's administration, is working on a legalization bill for the next legislative session that's sensitive to barriers to entry. He's exploring state-facilitated business partnerships between people with cash-in-hand and those that don't have money to spare, among other provisions.
"One of the messages that has come through loud and clear from the beginning is that the communities most adversely affected by the War on Drugs and by cannabis prohibition should be able to participate in the economic development opportunities associated with legalization," Winkler toldWhile recreational marijuana use is about the same across races in the U.S.
Run-ins with the legal system on top of barriers to licensing and loans can all lead to minority business owners to look elsewhere for income, according to reporting by
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